Digestion: The pancreas Flashcards
What does the endocrine function do?
– insulin / glucagon
What are the two functions of the pancreas ?
endocrine function
Exocrine function
What does the exocrine function do?
production of pancreatic juice for digestion
What are most cells of the pancreas involved in?
pancreatic juice
What does pancreatic acinar cells do
release pancreatic juice into ducts that feed into a main duct – pancreatic duct
What does the Pancreatic duct runs the length of
of the pancreas and joins with bile duct from liver / gall bladder
What does Hepatopancreatic Sphincter regulates
pancreatic juice entry into duodenum
What is the pancreatic juice secreted by?
exocrine pancreas and enters the duodenum at the duodenal papilla.
What does the pancreatic juice consist of?
Water, Mineral salts, Enzymes
What is in the digestion of carbohydrates
pancreatic amylase
What does pancreatic amylase convert
all digestible polysaccharides to disaccharides
What does digestion of fats contain?
pancreatic lipase
what does pancreatic lipase convert
converts fats to fatty acids and Glycerol in the small intestine
Where are enzyme digestion of proteins released?
in active from
What are the types of digestion of proteins enzymes
trypsin
chymotrypsin
carboxypeptidase
